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Perfect forecast for Thursday!
wgno.com > weather...Good Morning, New Orleans! We are waking up much cooler after a cold front pushed through on Tuesday.... ...New Orleans 7 Day & Hourly Forecast....

Where Y'at this Weekend? Theater, Oysters, and Live Music!!
wgno.com...Don't miss JPAS" Misery at the Westwego Cultural Center, running from tonight through Sunday.... ...It's an unforgettable theatrical journey as we follow the story of novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued by his number one fan after a car accident... ...Celebrate the success of the Oyster Shell Recycling Program by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. - For a super spring festival, get ready... ...Esplanade Av. in Metairie. the live music festival will feature music by Marc Broussard, Cowboy Mouth, and others?as well as family-friendly activities...

AG Landry: Louisiana bill would "expose" criminal justice players not doing their jobs
wgno.com > news...NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced his support of the Truth & Transparency Bill, a piece of legislation that... ...The database will be free to access and will focus on Orleans, Caddo & East Baton Rouge parishes.... ...The AG says the bill would reveal when key players in the justice system are not doing their jobs.... ..."You cannot maintain the rule of law, or dispense justice when we are all wandering around lost in the dark," concluded Attorney General Landry....

Israel's Palestinians mostly sit out democracy protests
wgno.com...TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press.... ...An activist and lawyer, Oraby is one of the many Palestinian citizens of Israel who have stayed on the sidelines of some of the country's largest... ...of their ties and solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.... ...The massive, monthslong demonstrations and a general strike forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week to postpone the overhaul....

"I have memories here," students at Grace King High School say they don't want to switch schools after consolidation plan was unveiled...
wgno.com > news...(WGNO) -- "Everyone started getting hype and that's when the protest really started," said Malcolm Jones, a student at Grace King High School.... ...He and Malcolm Jones say they are the only two students at Grace King High that were suspended after the protest.... ...The fact that we have to move to another school which is a grade "F" school when we are a grade "B" school is very confusing," said Oneal.... ...I worked so hard to get to the spot I'm in just to have to go to a new school and compete again," said Jones....

Senator Kennedy says NOPD should use "stop and frisk" tactic to stop crime
wgno.com > news...NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- In response to crime statistics in New Orleans, Senator John Kennedy urged the NOPD to "stop and frisk" potential crime suspects... ...In a speech in the Senate, Kennedy argued that stop-and-frisk practices have allowed New York City to lower it's murder rate from 31 per 100,000... ..."It is time to allow the men and women of the New Orleans Police Department to use stop and frisk without fear of losing their jobs," Kennedy said...

DNA technology leads to cold case conviction
wgno.com > news...Parish District Attorney Jason Williams said.... ...After a multi-day trial, the Office of District Attorney Jason Williams secured a conviction of 44-year-old Jamol Rickmon for three aggravated rapes... ...Meanwhile, New Orleans City Council Vice President Helena Moreno is working with the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab, which assisted in Rickmon's... ...case, to bring rapid DNA testing to the Orleans Parish Justice Center....

Tangi deputies working Ren Fest burglary, name 1 suspect
wgno.com > news...HAMMOND, La (WGNO) -- The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is working to solve a burglary that happened on the grounds of the Louisiana Renaissance... ...The owner of the Ren Fest provided WGNO News with some surveillance images that show a man and woman wearing masks and breaking into buildings on... ...They say Babb will be booked with burglary, criminal damage to property, and obstruction of justice once he's arrested.... ...Tangipahoa Parish deputies named one suspect. He's identified as 49-year-old Chad Babb of Hammond....

"Save GK!" Students protest proposed plan to consolidate Grace King High School
wgno.com > news > louisiana...Around 10 a.m., yelling could be heard coming from students in the halls of Grace King High School.... ...METAIRIE, La.... ...absorbed into John Ehret High School, LW Higgins High School, and West Jefferson High School. - Joshua Butler Elementary students will be absorbed... ...into Judge Lionel Collins Elementary, Isaac Joseph Elementary, and Truman School. - Mildred Harris Elementary students will be absorbed into Cherbonnier...

Clean up of homeless encampment "necessary but not a solution"
wgno.com > news...of sanitation," said Eugene Green District D Councilman.... ...On Wednesday (March 29), city sanitation workers along with the New Orleans Homeless director and the Health Department, were under the Claiborne... ...There's human feces on the ground, they're needles all over," said Louis Charbonnet.... ...Nobody wants to take the voucher," said Olive, an Unhoused resident....